print
- Museum number
- 1871,0812.1541
- Title
- Object: Les dragons de Vénus
- Description
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Venus' dragoons, after François Eisen: three young women, one of whom is sitting in the foreground on a windowsill, wearing a tricorn, a baldric and a sword, and leaning on a staff; behind her, her companions standing in the shadows, and playing the trumpet and the drums. 1760s
Engraving and etching
- Production date
- 1760-1770 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 442 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 313 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A pair to 'L'Amour en ribote'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Acquisition notes
- The bill book records that Richard Fisher was acting on behalf of 'C Devon, Esq'.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,0812.1541